SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s big-three talent agencies–SM Entertainment, YG Entertainment, and JYP Entertainment–are competing hard in launching new idol groups. Of these, however, only YG Entertainment has seen its share price soar recently while others are languishing in the market. According to financial investment sources on August 13, the top-three entertainment agencies have debuted [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Beginning January of next year, the government will exempt taxes on perfume, deer velvet antler, and royal jelly for purchases less than 150,000 won (US$145.60). With the new measure, it is expected more consumers to make online purchases of perfumes from overseas shopping sites. According to the Ministry of Strategy & [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Hans Christian Andersen, the 19th century Danish author best remembered for his fairy tales from “The Little Mermaid” to “The Ugly Duckling,” “The Emperor’s New Clothes,” and to “The Snow Queen” that has recently been released as animated film “Frozen,” will come to Seoul in the form of his namesake park. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — Just ahead of Pope Francis‘ visit to Korea on August 14, Twitter Korea announced analysis results of the Pope’s tweets. The Pope is famous for being an exclusive user of Twitter among all social networking service tools. According to the analysis of 221 tweets posted by His Holiness for about ten [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — An international “chimak” festival, sponsored jointly by the city governments of Daegu (Korea) and Ningbo (China), was held in the city of Ningbo in China’s Zhejiang Province for four days between August 8 and 11 with thousands of visitors filling the venue. Chimak is a compound word between (fried) chicken and beer. The [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A Korean research team has succeeded in developing a technology to directly transfer graphene from copper foil to various substrates such as PET(Polyethylene terephthalate), PDMS (a silicon-based organic polymer), and glass. As the technology can transfer graphene to a wide variety of substrates that can be reused over again, it is [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics launched on August 11 a new refrigerator “Slim Style” customized to the lifestyle of single families. In consideration of the fact that singles reside in smaller homes and are keenly interested in interior design, the company came up with a design slimmer in width and depth but taller in height [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Many corporations and public organizations today tend to display big sculptures and paintings in their lobbies and conference rooms. Even though a piece of artwork instantly enhances the ambience and makes the viewer feel like she is walking in a gallery, these are sometimes out of reach for many, costing tens [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea’s high court ruled in favor of the plaintiff who asked the government to acknowledge his degenerative back conditions due to handling military dogs that he may collect benefits as a person of national merit. The administrative court in the Seoul Appeals Court said on August 8 that it overturned a [...]
![[Infographic] Enjoy Water Sports Safely](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/water-sports-thumbnail.jpg "[Infographic] Enjoy Water Sports Safely")
SEOUL, Aug. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – Now is the full-fledged vacation season. To avoid the summer heat wave, many will head to the beaches, rivers and streams to play in the water. There will be many people enjoying water sports like water-skiing and wake board. However, as they are not just play in the water, there is [...]